© Amelia Stein, production photograph from The Broken Jug, with (L-R) Fionnuala Murphy, Dawn Bradfield, Pat Kinevane, Amelia Crowley, Des Braiden, Mark O’Regan, Joe Savino
OVERVIEW
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Playwright
John Banville
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Adapted / Translated From
Heinrich von Kleist
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Author Notes
An adaptation of Heinrich Von Kleist's early nineteenth century classic.
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Setting
Set in Ballybog - August 1846
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Synopsis
The action reveals the scandalous goings-on of a corrupt legal system, where the judge is as depraved and lecherous, if not more so, than the so-called criminals he seeks to indict. The valiant attempts by others to see justice done provide an exciting struggle to the finish between the fair-minded on the one side and the bloody minded on the other.
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Play Type
Adaptation/Translation
Number Of Acts
Full-Length
Cast size
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Male
6
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Female
5
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Total
11